LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Great Yarmouth Flag Day Last Summer Achieved a Record of Over £3000 Paul Daniels Star of 'summer Magic' at the Britannia Pier Helped Sell Souvenirs Nonstop for Two Hours Bringing the Sale
Great Yarmouth flag day last summer achieved a record of over £3,000. Paul Daniels, star of 'Summer Magic', at the Britannia Pier, helped sell souvenirs nonstop for two hours, bringing the sale for the day to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
High Stakes
For generations, people have been tombstoning off cliffs. On 22 July last year, five boys ignored warnings and jumped into treacherous waters
Towards the end of a long day’s work on Portreath Beach, Cornwall, Senior...
Category: Articles
William and Martha (1)
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 8.50 a.m. on 24th May, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a heavy swell was building up on the bar and that at least one of the smaller cobles was at sea.
The life-boat Mary Ann...
Irene and Goodwill
At 2 p.m. on 2ist October, 1966, two fishing vessels were being carried on to Barnard wharf. The motor fishing vessel Irene had fouled her propeller and the motor fishing vessel Goodwill had broken down while towing her. Only the Irene had...
Infatigable
DONNA NOOK.—The Swedish barque Infatigable, laden with deals and boards for Hall, was seen flying distress signals, having lost her fore and main masts during squally weather and in a rough sea on the 22nd October. The signal gun having been...
Peeks of Bournemouth Ltd
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Category: Advertisement
Routledge & Kegan Paul
UNDERCOVER The Men and Women of the Special Operations Executive PATRICK HOWARTH The Special Operations Executive, generally known as SOE, was one of the most remarkable creations of the Second World War. In July 1940. Winston Churchill...
Category: Advertisement
Vermont, of Halifax
On the 20th October, the barque Vermont, of Halifax, parted from her anchors and van ashore, in a heavy gale from W.N.W., on Burnett's wharf shoal, near Fleetwood. The Institution's life-boat, stationed at that place, was immediately...
Four Fishing Cobles and Margaret and James
AIR AND SEA SEARCH FOR COBLE Filey, Yorkshire. At 9.20 on the morning of the 29th May, 1962, when several fishing cobles were at sea, the honorary secretary asked the coastguard about the weather prospects as conditions seemed to be growing...
Two Canoes
RESCUES FROM CAPSIZED CANOES Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 2.40 on the afternoon of the 16th May, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two canoes, with two men in each, had overturned off Amroth...